The victim has been named as Manmeet Alisher, a 29-year-old, who is said to be well-known in Brisbane’s Indiand community.

Police have arrested a 48-year-old man in relation to the incident in the suburb of Moorooka, ruled out terrorism but have so far found ‘no apparent motive’.

Eleven passengers have been treated for smoke inhalation but no one is seriously hurt thanks in part to the efforts of passing taxi driver, Aguek Nyok, who kicked down the door to allow them to escape.

He told ABC News: ‘Unfortunately I couldn’t go inside because there were fumes,’ he told ABC News.

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The bus driver was killed as a passenger boarded his bus in Brisbane (Picture: Credit 7News)

Eleven other passengers were treated for smoke inhalation (Picture: 7News)

Terrorism has been ruled out as a possible motive (Picture: 7News)

‘It was smoky. You can’t even think of going there – and the fire was getting higher and higher.’